Tri Vantage, the nation’s largest distributor serving awning, marine and furniture industries, is opening a Seattle distribution center that will focus on expanded service throughout the Pacific Northwest.

The new 15,000-square-foot center is located in the Southcenter South Industrial Park in Tukwila, Wash., just outside of Seattle. It will support the Tri Vantage product line that ranges from performance fabrics and hardware to shading system components.

“We are establishing this new distribution center because Tri Vantage is a strategically important supplier to the awning, marine and furniture industries, and we want to…

Atlanta, GA – The Napoleon® brand is a leader in the home comfort industry and is well known for creating innovative products for their Fireplace, Gourmet Grill and HVAC divisions.

On March 2nd at the HPBExpo Vesta Awards in Atlanta Georgia, Napoleon’s HMF200 and 9600 Wood/Gas Furnace Combination was honored with winning the Central Heating Systems Category Award and went on to win the prestigious Daniel J. Melcon Award for Best-in-Show – Hearth Products.

The HMF200/9600 Combo Furnace won for its industry first design, green technology and fuel saving capabilities. When the fire in the wood furnace dies…

Medina, Ohio—Richey Industries, Inc., announces the launch of a new website focusing on the company’s Great American Woodies Casual Furniture Collections. The website can be searched based on furniture type (Seating, Tables & Groupings, Swings & A-Frames) or by collection (Southern Cypress, Cottage Classics, Western Red Cedar, Lifestyle Poly-Resin).

Each page highlighting a specific type of furniture can be viewed as one long scrolling page or it can be searched by collection. On each collection page, the entire collection can be viewed at once or it can be viewed based on each of the three types of furniture. The website…

Fortin Ironworks (Columbus, Ohio) will become the fourth Summer Classics licensee store. Fortin Ironworks has been a Summer Classics stocking dealer for the past 12 years and is in the process of converting its retail showroom into a Summer Classics licensee store. The retail showroom will operate under the name of Summer Classics Home at Fortin Ironworks and is scheduled to be open by April 1, 2012.

Fortin Ironworks is a family-owned and -operated ornamental iron and metal fabrication company with one retail store in Columbus. Founded in 1946 by Joseph Fortin, the company started as a small iron-repair…

VENICE, FL - March 9, 2012 - Tervis, the leader in insulated drinkware since 1946, is pleased to announce the promotion of Richard Kaplan to President, Chief Brand Officer.

Board member, Patrick Redmond, was also recently named President and Chief Executive Officer of Tervis Tumbler Company.

“At Tervis, we put a strong emphasis on bringing in top notch talent to elevate the company” says owner Norbert Donelly. “It’s talented people such…

Poly-Wood, Inc., recently expanded its lumber division. Founded in 1990 for the recycling of plastics into lumber, marketed under the brand name POLYWOOD™, the division has undergone an expansion of its Indiana extrusion facilities and overall production capacity, including heightened sustainability efforts.

Tim Pletcher, sales, lumber division, says, “Our goal in the expansion of Poly-Wood’s lumber division is to serve our current markets better, as well as to increase our ability to explore additional segments and opportunities for plastic lumber; however, throughout the construction expansion of our facilities (as well as with the added production capacity), Poly-Wood continues to…

Attendance has been strong for the first two days at this year’s HPBExpo in Atlanta. According to Tony Ramos, publisher of Patio & Hearth Products Report, attendance is the best that it has been in the past two to three years. “Since I spend the majority of my time walking the trade show floor, visiting and meeting with exhibitors and show attendees, I can get a good feel for show attendance. This year’s HPExpo is one of the best in years.”

Exhibitors have also commented that the quality of the show attendee is very high, and the overall sentiment at…

The beauty and durability of Sunbrella® fabrics will come to life this month with the launch of a new multi-platform advertising campaign that includes artistic print ads, stop animation videos, behind-the-scenes footage and website enhancements that instantly connect visitors to the Sunbrella brand.

Aptly titled “Live Free Style,” the campaign celebrates worry-free living from the perspectives of an imaginative child and practical parent, drawing attention to the many ways Sunbrella fabrics are used in everyday life.

“We believe that people will relate to this campaign on many levels – as parents, homeowners and individuals who enjoy the relaxing moments in…